documentation of import from zip files?

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In article <voui1r8ugn47a9 at news.supernews.com>,
 "John Roth" <newsgroups at jhrothjr.com> wrote:

> "Bill Janssen" <janssen at parc.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.149.1066350450.2192.python-list at python.org...
> > Is the ability to import Python modules from zip files in 2.3
> > documented anywhere?  I looked in the Language ref at the "import"
> > statement and in the Library Ref under "ZipFile" module.
> >
> > I'd like to know the specifics of arcnames in the Python zipfiles,
> > such as which character is used to separate path parts.

It's a standard zip file, so the path separator is '/'.

> Look in the "What's New in Python 2.3" document. As far
> as directory structure, if the zip module can figure out the directory
> structure, so can import. There's no special requirements for
> separating directories, or for separating pathnames in the Pythonpath
> statement.
> 
> The 'zipimport' module doesn't seem to be separately
> documented, probably because it's automatically
> loaded if a .zip file is detected in the Pythonpath.

See also PEP 302.

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